Light touch and Holding Interventions

A. Jean Ayres, Autism Spectrum Disorders, early intervention, FAB Strategies, mental health and sensory processing intervention, Mildred Ross, Mindfulness, occupational therapy, parental support, physical therapy, Positive Behavioral Support, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder teens, Praxis, Preschool, Pressure Touch, Pressure Touch, psychiatric and sensory processing, PTSD, Research, sensory behavior intervention, sensory behavioral intervention, Sensory Integration, Sensory Modulation, sequential bimanual movement, speech/language pathologists, transdisciplinary treatment, Virginia Scardina, Yoga /

Light touch and holding strategies promote body awareness and social-emotional skills in children and adolescents with behavioral challenges. Deep pressure touch is a more common therapeutic intervention. However, light touch and holding are valuable therapeutic options for promoting attention, body awareness and social-emotional skills. Body awareness, stress and somatic pain challenges negatively impact behavior in […]

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